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         <div class="label">46</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: The gate of the inner court facing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the entrance of that gateway. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The burnt offering the prince brings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11</span></span></span><span class="content"> of olive oil for each ephah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the day of the New Moon he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When the people of the land come before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the appointed festivals, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When the prince provides a freewill offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings&#8212;the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; morning by morning you shall provide it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.46.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> with a third of a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 quarts or about 1.3 liters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a lasting ordinance. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.46.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular burnt offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.46.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.46.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.46.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.46.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.46.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.46.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.46.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span></span></span><span class="content"> and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.46.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.46.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.46.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:22 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content"> each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.46.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.46.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">47</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The River From the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1,700 feet or about 530 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in&#8212;a river that no one could cross. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He asked me, &#8220;Son of man, do you see this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.47.6"><span class="content">Then he led me back to the bank of the river. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Jordan Valley</span></span></span><span class="content"> where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.47.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds&#8212;like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.47.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.47.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Boundaries of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.47.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.47.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8220;These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.47.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.47.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.47.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is to be the boundary of the land:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.47.15"><span class="content">&#8220;On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.47.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Berothah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:15,16 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">road to go into Zedad, </span><span class="fv">16 </span><span class="fqa">Hamath, Berothah.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.47.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Enon, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Enan</span></span></span><span class="content"> along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.47.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.47.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:18 </span><span class="ft">See Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Israel. You will measure to the Dead Sea.</span></span></span><span class="content"> This will be the eastern boundary.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.47.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.47.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.47.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.47.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.47.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.47.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.47.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.47.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The special portion you are to offer to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The remaining area, 5,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 miles or about 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33 and 34</span></span></span><span class="content"> the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 440 feet or about 135 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gates of the New City</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.48.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:35 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">&#8220;And the name of the city from that time on will be:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is there.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">67</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 67</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God be gracious to us and bless us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="content">and make his face shine on us&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">67:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">so that your ways may be known on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="content">your salvation among all nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the peoples praise you, God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="content">may all the peoples praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May the nations be glad and sing for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">for you rule the peoples with equity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">and guide the nations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the peoples praise you, God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="content">may all the peoples praise you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land yields its harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="content">God, our God, blesses us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.67.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May God bless us still,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.67.7"><span class="content">so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">68</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 68</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">may his foes flee before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May you blow them away like smoke&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">as wax melts before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">may the wicked perish before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But may the righteous be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">and rejoice before God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">may they be happy and joyful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">extol him who rides on the clouds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">rejoice before him&#8212;his name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">is God in his holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God sets the lonely in families,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the desolate in a homeland</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">he leads out the prisoners with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When you, God, went out before your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">when you marched through the wilderness,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the One of Sinai,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You gave abundant showers, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">you refreshed your weary inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your people settled in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The Lord announces the word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kings and armies flee in haste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">the women at home divide the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires; </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">its feathers with shining gold.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> scattered the kings in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">at the mountain where God chooses to reign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself will dwell forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The chariots of God are tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">and thousands of thousands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:17 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When you ascended on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you took many captives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you received gifts from people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">even from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gifts for people, / even</span></span></span><span class="content"> the rebellious&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">that you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">they</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, might dwell there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">who daily bears our burdens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Our God is a God who saves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">from the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes escape from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord says, &#8220;I will bring them from Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">while the tongues of your dogs have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Your procession, God, has come into view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In front are the singers, after them the musicians;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">with them are the young women playing the timbrels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Praise God in the great congregation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the assembly of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">there the great throng of Judah&#8217;s princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Summon your power, God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Your God has summoned power for you</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Because of your temple at Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">kings will bring you gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Rebuke the beast among the reeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Scatter the nations who delight in war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Envoys will come from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> will submit herself to God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">sing praise to the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">who thunders with mighty voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Proclaim the power of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose majesty is over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose power is in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">Praise be to God!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">69</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 69</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Lilies.&#8221; Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.69.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Save me, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.69.1"><span class="content">for the waters have come up to my neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.69.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I sink in the miry depths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">where there is no foothold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">I have come into the deep waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">the floods engulf me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I am worn out calling for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">my throat is parched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">My eyes fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">looking for my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">outnumber the hairs of my head;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">many are my enemies without cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">those who seek to destroy me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">I am forced to restore</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">what I did not steal.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.69.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, God, know my folly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.69.5"><span class="content">my guilt is not hidden from you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.69.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">may those who hope in you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">not be disgraced because of me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">may those who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">not be put to shame because of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.69.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I endure scorn for your sake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.69.7"><span class="content">and shame covers my face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.69.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.69.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I am a foreigner to my own family,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.69.8"><span class="content">a stranger to my own mother&#8217;s children;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.69.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.69.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for zeal for your house consumes me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.69.9"><span class="content">and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.69.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.69.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When I weep and fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.69.10"><span class="content">I must endure scorn;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.69.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.69.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I put on sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.69.11"><span class="content">people make sport of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.69.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.69.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Those who sit at the gate mock me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.69.12"><span class="content">and I am the song of the drunkards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.69.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But I pray to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">in the time of your favor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">in your great love, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">answer me with your sure salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Rescue me from the mire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">do not let me sink;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">deliver me from those who hate me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">from the deep waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not let the floodwaters engulf me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="content">or the depths swallow me up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="content">or the pit close its mouth over me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.69.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Answer me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, out of the goodness of your love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.69.16"><span class="content">in your great mercy turn to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.69.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.69.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.69.17"><span class="content">answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.69.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.69.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Come near and rescue me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.69.18"><span class="content">deliver me because of my foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.69.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.69.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.69.19"><span class="content">all my enemies are before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.69.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Scorn has broken my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">and has left me helpless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">I looked for sympathy, but there was none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">for comforters, but I found none.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.69.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They put gall in my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.69.21"><span class="content">and gave me vinegar for my thirst.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.69.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.69.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">May the table set before them become a snare;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.69.22"><span class="content">may it become retribution and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">69:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">snare / and their fellowship become</span></span></span><span class="content"> a trap.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.69.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.69.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.69.23"><span class="content">and their backs be bent forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.69.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.69.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.69.24"><span class="content">let your fierce anger overtake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.69.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.69.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">May their place be deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.69.25"><span class="content">let there be no one to dwell in their tents.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.69.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.69.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For they persecute those you wound</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.69.26"><span class="content">and talk about the pain of those you hurt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.69.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.69.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Charge them with crime upon crime;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.69.27"><span class="content">do not let them share in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.69.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.69.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">May they be blotted out of the book of life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.69.28"><span class="content">and not be listed with the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.69.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.69.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But as for me, afflicted and in pain&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.69.29"><span class="content">may your salvation, God, protect me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.69.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.69.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I will praise God&#8217;s name in song</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.69.30"><span class="content">and glorify him with thanksgiving.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.69.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.69.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This will please the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> more than an ox,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.69.31"><span class="content">more than a bull with its horns and hooves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.69.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.69.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The poor will see and be glad&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.69.32"><span class="content">you who seek God, may your hearts live!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.69.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.69.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.69.33"><span class="content">and does not despise his captive people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.69.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.69.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Let heaven and earth praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.69.34"><span class="content">the seas and all that move in them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.69.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">for God will save Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="content">and rebuild the cities of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="content">Then people will settle there and possess it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.69.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the children of his servants will inherit it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.69.36"><span class="content">and those who love his name will dwell there.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">70</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 70</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 70:1-5 is numbered 70:2-6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A petition.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.70.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hasten, O God, to save me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.70.1"><span class="content">come quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.70.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.70.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May those who want to take my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.70.2"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.70.2"><span class="content">may all who desire my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.70.2"><span class="content">be turned back in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.70.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.70.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May those who say to me, &#8220;Aha! Aha!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.70.3"><span class="content">turn back because of their shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.70.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.70.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But may all who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.70.4"><span class="content">rejoice and be glad in you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.70.4"><span class="content">may those who long for your saving help always say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.70.4"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.70.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.70.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But as for me, I am poor and needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.70.5"><span class="content">come quickly to me, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.70.5"><span class="content">You are my help and my deliverer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.70.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not delay.</span></span></div>
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